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Fred Abrahams

@fredabrahams.bsky.social

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former HRW | visiting faculty Bard College Berlin | author Modern Albania

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Fred Abrahams @fredabrahams.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

Recently became aware of this impressive project - Telegram Archive of the War - by the Ct for Urban History in Lviv. They preserve Telegram posts from the war in #Ukraine on a range of topics, including this one to bring smiles & tears: the war and pets. blog.telegram.lvivcenter.org/blog/dataset...

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Fred Abrahams @fredabrahams.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

One of the Albanian government's main challenges has been to combat corruption and to shed the image of a deeply corrupt state as it aspires to join the EU. So it's noteworthy that PM Edi Rama invited the disgraced, indicted and lame-duck mayor of New York who melded personal and political profit.

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Fred Abrahams @fredabrahams.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

Reporting on Pavkovic's crimes in #Kosovo here: www.hrw.org/report/2001/...

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Fred Abrahams @fredabrahams.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

The #Albania government has touted the world's 1st "AI minister" as a win for transparency. But algorithmic decision-making turns away from light, especially without independent monitoring and other controls. The corruption this is supposed to combat can flourish in code.

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Fred Abrahams @fredabrahams.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

See this insightful report on the TikTok ban by the Institute for Democracy and Mediation, arguing for regulation over prohibitions -- consistent with the EU's Digital Services Act. idmalbania.org/publication-...

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Fred Abrahams @fredabrahams.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

A well done article by @dennismiskic.bsky.social, in German, on the TikTok ban in #Albania and, more broadly, an "increasingly authoritarian state that can arbitrarily allow or prohibit things." There's no VPN to circumvent that. www.wienerzeitung.at/a/tiktok-ver...

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Fred Abrahams @fredabrahams.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

In June, Serbia's ex-police chief Vlastimir Djordjevic returned home after 18yrs in prison for war crimes in #Kosovo, including moving about 1,000 bodies to hide the crimes. I testified in his trial. Instead of demanding answers, the Serbian govt let him rename a street after the units he once led.

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Fred Abrahams @fredabrahams.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

And if anyone is interested, maybe traveling to Albania, the audiobook version is out now.

Modern Albania as audiobook is out now, available on Spotify, Kobo, Barnes & Noble and other platforms.

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